Empire

Protect

"Part of the biggest gang." Celeste scoffed. Tatianna was nervous, her palms became sweaty and fear was already in her eyes.

"Do you know why I named you Tatianna, Tati?" Celeste asked but the young woman just stayed in silence.

"Tatianna means "fairy queen". I wanted you to be as fairy as the cherry blossoms, sweet as maple." Tatianna looked at her mother. Her eyes were full of adoration but when their eyes meet Celeste's eyes became cold.

"I raised you to be fairy not some sort of badass woman who goes to underground fights to be a part of a gang." Celeste gritted her teeth at the sight of the young woman.

"Really, Tatianna? Gang?" She asked.

"Sorry, Ma." Tatianna.

"Why did you enter the gang?" Celeste.

"I-I... had fun fighting. I found a new world that is different from what I see and know." She looked at Celeste. "I found happiness in them, Ma."

"Do you know how much sacrifice, Mara and I did just to protect you?!" Celeste shouted.

"We could swim the oceans and fight every person that would scar our little princess just so you can't experience the stinking smell of the underground!" Tatianna was guilty seeing her mother shed in tears in front of her.

"Mara sacrificed Klaro's future just so she can raise him as a badass guy. She did that because she knows that if she doesn't do that, the underground will fall into your hands. That filthy, rotten dungeon!"

"We failed, Tatianna. We failed. The underground doesn't need a fairy queen. But what can I do?" Celeste looked at the weeping Tatianna.

"What can I do if I can't even save you from the cruel UG society?" She scoffed. "I am so dumb to think that you are weak. Why am I even protecting you if you can protect yourself already?"

"I was wrong from the very start, then. Do whatever you want, Tati. Don't come running to me crying your eyes out just because you got hurt."

Celeste stood up and look down at her daughter.

"There are mysteries that should be unfold. Find them yourself, fairy queen. Don't weep in front of me. I didn't raise you to be coward."

Tatianna was left sitting there. Enzo was looking at his daughter but he knows he can't do anything but sigh.

"Stand up, child. Just sitting there and doing nothing will bring no good to you." Enzo stated before leaving Tatianna who is reflecting for her actions.